Non-refillable-bottle stopper.



-No. 770,117. PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904;

J.v ROSS. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE 'STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED D3024. 1903.

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Patented September 13, 1904.

ATEN'r JAMES B. ROSS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

NON-REFlLLABLE-BOTTLE' STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,117, da edSeptember 13, 1904:.

Application filed December 24, 1903. Serial No. 186,426. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES B. Ross, acitizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in N on- Refillable-Bottle Stoppers,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement innon-refillable-bottle stoppers, and has for its object to provide astopper for a bottle which will prevent its being used a second time,while it will at the same time be a durable and efficient stopper forthe bottle, allowing its contents to be removed, but not refilled.

With these ends in View this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure l is a section of the stopper in place in the neck of the bottle.Fig. 2 is a section of the stopper and neck of bottle on the line 2 2.Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the parti tion-cap.

1 is the neck of the bottle,in which the stopper fits, and 2 is thecement which holds the stopper firmly in place.

8 is the outer cap or covering for the stopper,through which there is anopening l: for the liquid to pass through.

5 is the partition-cap, which is grooved and ribbed to allow the liquidto pass into the opening 4 and to prevent a wire or other in strumentfrom being inserted in the grooved cylinder for the purpose ofrefilling.

10 is the grooved cylinder, which incloses the weight 8 and thefloat-valve 9. grooved cylinder is grooved and ribbed, so that theliquid will pass the weight and floatvalve.

6 is the groove in the cylinder, and 7 the rib between the grooves inthe cylinder.

11 is the port through which the liquid Said the port 11, through thegrooves 6 in the grooved cylinder 10, through the grooves in thepartition-cap 5, and out through the opening in the outer cap 4:. Onattempting to refill the bottle the weight 8,being a solid glassball,will hold the float-valve 9, which is a hollow light glass ball,down against the port 11 and prevent the liquid from entering thebottle. If the attempt is made to fill the bottle by inverting it, theliquid will carry the floatvalve 9 up against the port 11, and thusprevent the refilling.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- 1. Inanon-refillable-bottle stopper the combination of an outer cap with anopening, a partition-cap, a slotted cylinder in which there are twoglass balls, two glass balls, one light and the other heavy, the heavyglass ball resting upon the lighter when the bottle is up-.. right, saidballs being as large as the slotted cylinder will permit, all to becemented in the neck of the bottle substantially as set forth.

2. In a non-refillable-bottle stopper the combination of two glassballs, resting one above the other when the bottle is upright, incasedin aslotted cylinder, the upper one beingsolid and the other one beinghollow, the hollow or light ball resting or coming in contact with theport 11 together with a slotted cylinder having a port, a groovedpartition-cap, and an outer cap with an opening, all to be cemented inthe neck of a bottle substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES B. ROSS. Witnesses:

ED. F. MoK E, OTTO E. ENGELLAND.

